Ladytron

For other uses, see Ladytron (disambiguation).

Ladytron
Ladytron performing in 2018; left to right: Peter Kelly, Mira Aroyo, Daniel Hunt, Reuben Wu, and Helen Marnie
Ladytron performing in 2018; left to right: Peter Kelly, Mira Aroyo, Daniel Hunt, Reuben Wu, and Helen Marnie
Background information
OriginLiverpool, England
Genres
Years active1999–present
Labels
Members
Past members
Websiteladytron.com

Ladytron are an English-based electronic band formed in Liverpool in 1999. The group consists of Scottish lead singer Helen Marnie (lead vocals, synthesizers), Bulgarian-Israeli Mira Aroyo (vocals, synthesizers), and Englishman Daniel Hunt (synthesizers, guitar, vocals).[1][2] Reuben Wu (synthesizers) was a member from 1999 until 2023.[3] They have released seven studio albums: 604 (2001), Light & Magic (2002), Witching Hour (2005), Velocifero (2008), Gravity the Seducer (2011), Ladytron (2019) and Time's Arrow (2023). They also issued the live album Live at London Astoria 16.07.08 in 2009 and the compilation album Best of 00–10 in 2011. They have produced remixes for artists such as Dave Gahan, Erasure, Goldfrapp, Apoptygma Berzerk, Placebo, Blondie, Gang of Four, Christina Aguilera, Nine Inch Nails, Bloc Party, Kings of Convenience, Soulwax and Róisín Murphy.

The band's name was taken from the song "Ladytron" by Roxy Music.[4] Former Roxy Music member Brian Eno said in 2009, "Ladytron are, for me, the best of English pop music. They're the kind of band that really only appears in England, with this funny mixture of eccentric art-school dicking around and dressing up, with a full awareness of what's happening everywhere musically, which is kind of knitted together and woven into something quite new."[5] Ladytron described their sound as "electronic pop",[6] while music journalists have also described their sound as synth-pop, electronic rock, post-punk, and new wave, among other genres. Some of the group's songs contain lyrics written by Aroyo in her native Bulgarian.

  1. ^ "Roland U.S. – Insider – Ladytron". 6 September 2011. Archived from the original on 6 September 2011.
  2. ^ "LADYTRON – An Interview With Reuben Wu | Voxy.co.nz". 4 November 2018. Archived from the original on 4 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Reuben Wu on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Ladytron: Spell Bound – XLR8R". 29 September 2018. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Brian Eno talks about Ladytron (Luminous Festival 2009 – Sydney Opera House)". 9 July 2009. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021 – via YouTube.
  6. ^ "DiS meets Ladytron / In Depth // Drowned in Sound". 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018.